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SoundCloud Ditches Commissions, Artists Keep 100%
SoundCloud is launching direct sales with a 0% commission, letting artists keep every cent from profile sales and directly challenging platforms like Bandcamp.

Oumi Automates AI Dev, Declares ML Engineers Obsolete
Oumi's new platform automates the full development pipeline for custom enterprise AI, aiming to make expensive teams of machine learning engineers redundant and

Gamma Buys Startup to Make AI Presentations Feel Human
Gamma acquiring design startup Lica signals the AI presentation war is shifting from speed to understanding human emotion and intent.

OpenAI's Top Product Chief Declares the Chatbot Era Over
OpenAI's product chief argues AI must become invisible—blending into workflows rather than being a tool you command. He believes 20 million ChatGPT Work users s

Australia Bans AI-Generated Songs from Official Charts
Australia's ARIA charts have instituted a landmark ban on songs created by AI, declaring the charts a measure of human artistry, not just consumption.

Apple's New AirTags Slash Prices in Dominance Push
Apple cut the price of a four-pack of second-gen AirTags to $79, a record low that signals a major push to dominate the tracker market.

Arbitrator Slams Post's 'Disproportional' Firing of Opinion Columnist
An independent arbitrator ordered the Washington Post to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah with full back pay, calling her firing over posts about Charlie Kirk '

General Intuition Seeks Capital at $6 Billion Valuation
General Intuition, an AI startup, is raising funds at a $6 billion valuation, having tripled its worth since June. It plans to pivot from gaming to building rea

Amazon Vents Memory Crunch in 60% Echo Dot Sticker Shock
Amazon has suddenly raised prices across its Echo, Kindle, and Fire TV lines by up to 60%, blaming severe memory and storage cost increases for the broad, unpre

Replit Chases $1B Revenue by Erasing Coding Tools
Replit's AI-powered growth has surged its valuation to $9 billion and revenue toward $1 billion, forcing its CEO to defend a future where writing code is automa

Nvidia Eyes $30B Pivot To Cement AI Ecosystem Crown
Nvidia is weighing a multibillion-dollar investment into Perplexity that would value the AI search company above $30 billion, a strategic move to directly fuel

AI Agents Swarm Financial APIs in Architecture Invasion
AI agents have become the fastest-growing API consumers, processing over a trillion tokens daily to automate complex financial workflows, exposing infrastructur